Videos and presentations from the high-level meeting, Berlin, 7-8 July 2014

The high-level meeting of the Multidimensional Poverty Peer Network in Berlin from 7-8 July 2014 featured presentations from representatives of 16 governments regarding their commitment to measuring and reducing multidimensional poverty. View  the presentations below.

View a video on the participants’ experiences of the meeting.

You can also access photos, the final meeting Communiqué  outlining the meeting outcomes, and the agenda and list of participants, and summary.

Keynote speeches

St Lucia		Hon Dr Kenny Anthony	Keynote speech: ‘Redefining the Strategy for Redemption’ Prime Minister
Dominican Republic		Margarita Cedeño de Fernández	Keynote speech: ‘The Importance of Multidimensional Measurement’ Vice-President of the Dominican Republic
Mexico		Dr. Juan Manuel Valle Pereña	Keynote speech Executive Director; Mexican Agency for International Development Cooperation
Costa Rica		Ms. Ana Helena Chacón Echeverría	‘Measuring Poverty Multidimensionally: An Aspiration of Costa Rican Public Policy‘ Second Vice President

Monday 7th July

OPHI		Dr Sabina Alkire	‘Introduction to the MPPN Meeting’ Director, Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative
Mexico		Mr Enrique Gonzalez Tiburcio	‘MPI in Mexico: Public Policy Uses Against Poverty and Vulnerability’ Advisors Coordinator, Social Development Secretariat
South Africa		Mr Pali Lehohla	‘Why Statistics and/or Measurement Matter’ Statistician General
Brazil		Dr Paulo de Martino Jannuzzi	‘Measuring and Monitoring Extreme Poverty, Social Advances and Programs achievements and problems in Brazil: Without Extreme Poverty Plan’ Secretary of Evaluation and Information Management; Ministry of Social Development and Fight Against Hunger Brazil
Bhutan		Mr Sonam Tobgyal	‘The Bhutan Multidimensional Poverty Index’ Senior Research Officer; Gross National Happiness Commission
China		Dr Xiaolin Wang	‘Practice on Multidimensional Poverty Alleviation in China’ Director of Research Division; International Poverty Reduction Center in China
Nigeria		Dr Oyeyemi Kale	‘The Nigerian Experience’ Statistician General of the Federation and Chief Executive Officer; Bureau of Statistics
Philippines		Dr Rosemarie Edillon	‘The Philippines Multidimensional Poverty Index’ Assistant Director General of the National Development Office; National Economic and Development Authority
Vietnam		Mr Truong Thi Ngo	‘Vietnam on the approach to Multidimensional Poverty measurement’  Director of the National Steering Committee for Poverty Reduction’s Coordination Office; Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs
Colombia		Mr Gabriel Vallejo López	‘MPI Colombia’ Director, Department for Social Prosperity
Mozambique		Mrs Cristina Matusse	‘Rethinking Poverty Measurement in Mozambique’ Deputy National Director, Ministry of Planning and Development
Chile		Mrs Heidi Berner	‘Multidimensional Poverty in Chile’ Vice Minister of Social Evaluation; Ministry of Social Development
Turkey		Ms Meral Daskiran	‘Recent Development in Poverty Studies in Turkey’ Head of Labour Force and Living Conditions Department; Turkish Statistical Institute
OPHI		Sabina Alkire	‘MPI and the SDGs’ Director, Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative

Tuesday 8th July

Colombia		Mr Gabriel Vallejo López	‘Social Map Colombia’ Director; Department for Social Prosperity
Philippines		Dr Rosemarie Edillon	‘Multidimensional Poverty’ Assistant Director General of the National Development Office, National Economic and Development Authority
South Africa		Mr Pali Lehohla	‘Use of Statistics to Frame Inequality in South Africa’ Statistician General
China		Dr Xiaolin Wang	‘Incorporating Environmental Data in China’ Director of Research Division; International Poverty Reduction Center in China
Mexico		Dr Gonzalo Hernández Licona and Mr Enrique Gonzalez Tiburcio	‘Multidimensional Poverty Measurement: The Mexican Wave’ Executive Secretary; National Council for the Evaluation of Social Development Policy (CONEVAL) & Advisors Coordinator, Social Development Secretariat
OPHI		Ms Adriana Conconi and Dr Ana Vaz	‘Multidimensional Poverty Index: Main Findings 2014’ Research Officers, OPHI
Pakistan		Naeem Uz Zaffar	‘Multidimensional Poverty in Pakistan’ Member, Social Sector; Planning Commission Ministry of Planning, Development and Reform, Government of Pakistan